Seven people recently got a strain of the flu, and researchers are weirded out. The flu, currently centered around California and Texas, is unlike any of the strains currently floating around. It carries elements of swine flu, avian flu and human flu viruses and have researchers stumped. Those suffering from it have already recovered, by the way. We want to imagine in the back of our heads a good story as to how the first person got it, but our fingers are preventing us from typing. source
Three vials of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, a virus that makes horses very sick, recently disappeared from Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, a fort that houses hundreds of virus samples. The disease spreads to humans through mosquitoes and also makes humans sick. source
